Committee of Public Safety, first, proposed by Isnard, Danton elected, 210; determines overthrow of Girondins, 223; Danton resigns from, 234; Robespierre elected on, 234; powerful force in winter of 1793, 240; determination to continue Terror in spite of Danton, 240; abandons Robespierre, 301. Commune (before August 1792, _see_ “Municipality”), insurrectionary of, August 1792, 161; increases in power, 172; Marat joins its “Comité de Surveillance,” 183; its quarrel with Gironde, 216-228; opposes committee in winter of 1793, 240; attacked by Danton, 243; captured by Robespierre, 293; attempts to save him and fails, 310-314. Condorcet, of the professional class, 24; example of balance of two French tendencies, 27; demands Republic, 141, 142. Conseils du Roi, Old Court of Appeals, nature of, 48; Danton enters at Bar of, 49. Contrat social, written just after Danton’s birth, 41. Convention, elections of Paris to, Danton elected to, 188; its parties, 189; its appearance on first meeting, 190; declares Republic, 191; debate on king’s death in, 201, 202; votes arrest of Girondins, 202; Legendre defends Danton in, 253; St. Just attacks Danton in, 254, 255; subservience to Robespierre, 296; outlaws him, 307-310. Cordeliers, district of, social character, 64; position of Convent Hall in, 65; meets after elections, importance of this, 69; petitions against Danton’s arrest, 108; merged in section of Théâtre Français, 112. Cordeliers, club of, contrasted with Jacobins, 80; their numbers and character, 81; opposition to new municipality, 82; determine on independent use of their guard, 83; attack municipality again, 88, 89; create _Mandat Imperatif_, 89; manifesto to march on Versailles, 91; oppose Lafayette’s discipline in National Guard, 93; oath of their deputies, 94; victory of club over municipality, 96; campaign against restriction of suffrage, 110-113; Danton leaves them for Jacobins, 135; Republican declaration of, on king’s flight, 142; petition of, on king’s flight, not signed by Danton, 146. Cordelier, Vieux, published by Desmoulins to protest against Terror, 244. Court, relations of nobles to, 24; form party to influence king at Versailles, 85, 86; last stand in the Tuilleries, 167, 168. Courts of Law, before Revolution, 48. Couthon, a Bourgeois, 23; proposes law on worship of God, 290; supports Robespierre in committee, 303. Dannon, his name mistaken for Danton’s, Le Gallois’s misprint, Michelet’s error based on this, 200, 201.